Rishi Sunak has just come closer than ever before to revealing the exact date of this year’s General Election.
At Christmas he ruled out holding it in January 2025 – the last possible date it could be called – however today he further clarified Britons should not expect to go to the polls this Spring.
In the face of mounting speculation he may dissolve parliament much earlier than expected for a snap election, the PM just told journalists that his “working assumption” is that he will hold a “general election in the second half of this year”.
October or early November has often been the most popular predicted election timing.
The move closes down the growing demands by Labour and the Liberal Democrats for an election as soon as possible.
It will also help the PM avoid accusations of ‘bottling it’ should he have failed to call the vote in May, an accusation that saw Gordon Brown’s popularity plummet in 2008.
More to come…
